Sam (West Wing)
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some infinites are bigger than others
it's a doctor who reference, okay?
Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little changes, we need gigantic, monumental changes. Schools should be palaces. The competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be making six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge to its citizens, just like national defense. That’s my position. I just haven’t figured out how to do it yet.
Josh:
So, I had this meeting with NASA this morning--
Leo:
What a waste since the moon. My generation never got the future it was promised.
Josh:
What do you mean?
Leo:
Thirty five years later cars, air travel's exactly the same. We don't even have the Concord anymore. Technology stopped.
Josh:
The personal computer?
Leo:
More efficient delivery system for gossip and pornography? Where's my jetpack? And colonies on the moon. Just a waste.
via paintwithwords
"There is no fate, but what we create.": Jonathan Lydell: [C.J. is speaking with the father of a young man who...
Jonathan Lydell: [C.J. is speaking with the father of a young man who was murdered because he was gay]
“I don’t understand how this President, who I voted for, I don’t understand how he can take such a completely weak-ass position on gay rights. Gays in the military, same-sex marriage, gay…
"There is no fate, but what we create.": Jonathan Lydell: [C.J. is speaking with the father of a young man who...
Jonathan Lydell: [C.J. is speaking with the father of a young man who was murdered because he was gay]
“I don’t understand how this President, who I voted for, I don’t understand how he can take such a completely weak-ass position on gay rights. Gays in the military, same-sex marriage, gay…
TOBY:
It's called an egg cream, Mr. President. We invented it in Brooklyn.
BARTLET:
In Brooklyn.
TOBY:
Yes, sir.
BARTLET:
Not New England?
TOBY:
There are some good things in this world not from New England, sir.
BARTLET:
Toby, don't ever let me hear you say that again.
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